Knee-protector.



I. D. LARSEN., KNEE PROTECTOR'.

APPLIUATION FILED SEBT..65; 1906.

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with asma UETTED STATES PATENT orfEIoE.y

INGEBQRG n .LAESEN, F -cnickcd ILLINOIS.

KNEE-PROTECTOR.

,To 'f1/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that LINGEBORG D. LESEN, a subject' of the King of Denmark, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Knee-Protectors, of which the following is a Speciiication.

This invention relates to knee4 protectors r designed for the purpose of preventing injury ily applied to the knees of a; erson required to do scrubbmgor other wor 1n a kneeling posture, and

-one of the rincipal objects of the same-is to provide .a evice for this purpose which will project beyond the knees of the wearer and which will be firmly held in place during all the movements. of the wearer 4while in use.

Another object' of the invention is to pro-` vide a simple, convenient,v efficient and easad for the knees of persons who are require to kneel during work or during church service. v

These and other objectsI are attained by means of the-construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a pair of knee protectors made in accordance with my invention and properly applied to" a person in. position for use. Fig. v2 is a plan view looking toward the inner side of the ad.- Fig. 3 is a plan viewI` of the outer side o the' device. Flg. 4 is a sectional view through the protector. Fig. 5 is a'perspe'ctive view of the wear plate .with the pad removed.

Referring to the drawing for a more par-v ticular description of'my'invention, the numeral 1 designates a plate of metal or other suitable material of cur-ved form and provided with slots 2, one in each side and at one end of the late., A holding strap 3 dprovided with a buc e 4 at one-end 1s asse through the slots 2, .2 in the plate, as s own in Fig. 5..

A piece of thick felt or other material suit- Specicato'n of Letters Patent. Application led September 5, 1908. Serial No. 333,323.

in position eyond IPatentedJune 25, 1907. y

able jfor forming a ad for the knees ofthe user is secured to t e plate 1 in any desired Amanner,v as by screws, bolts or 'Suitable fastenings 6, Fig. 5.

In use, the stra 3 is passed around the leg above the calf an engaged with the buckle 4 to .hold the rojectin end 7 of the protector tIie knee of the user, as

shown more particularly in Fig. 1. The strap 3 encircles the leg just below the knee and between the knee and the calf of the leg move about to an inoperative osition and l will be found efficient and rehab e in use.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

yThe herein describedknee protector consisting of a curved metal plate provided with o posltel ,disposed slots at one end ofsaid plate, a oldin strap passed /through said slots and provi ed with a buckle on one end for securingthe pad above the calf of the ljeg with 'the free end of the pad projectingbeyond the knee, and a curved Aad secured to the inner concaved surface o said plate to permit afree movement of 'theleg of"the wearer and 'to protect the knees,gessentially as described. 1

In testimony whereof, Iaf'x in presence.

my signature of two wltnesses. j y INGEBORG D. LARSEN; Witnesses: v

Fnrrz FRANTZEN,

HAERYR. FARNHAM. 

